Russian was a human language spoken by humans in the nation-state of Russia and in some areas that were part of the former Soviet Union on Earth. Russian was Slavic in origin.
The Melkot buoy warned the USS Enterprise not to enter their star system, in 2268. Spock deduced its warning was telepathic in origin-rather than from subspace. Ensign Pavel Chekov said every word was in his native tongue; along with the rest of the bridge crew, fluent outside of English. (TOS episode: "Spectre of the Gun")
When Sybok entered into a mind meld with Pavel Chekov in 2287, Chekov would later come to believe that Sybok spoke to him in Russian during the mind meld. (TOS novelization: Star Trek V: The Final Frontier)
The dedication plaque of the starship SS Tsiolkovsky was written in Russian. (TNG episode: "The Naked Now")
Glossary[]
- свинья
- Russian for "pig." Pavel Chekov called civilian defector Morg this in 2273 after the Klingon called him a klyshka. (TOS comic: "Double Bluff")
- Я не сумасшедший, tам это такое!
- Russian for, "I'm not crazy." Pavel Chekov muttered it to himself, after he scanned a lifeform reading-emanating from inside the late Captain Spock's quarters-aboard Enterprise. He further pointed and told Scotty, "There it is!" (TOS movie: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock)
- невероятный (hebeeporteh)
- "Unbelievable!" Commander Chekov exclaimed this after being informed by Captain John Harriman that the Enterprise medical staff weren't on-board, until Tuesday. (TNG movie: Star Trek: Generations)
- до свидания (do svidaniya or doz vidaniya)
- "Goodbye". Hikaru Sulu offered this farewell to Chekov in 2293 after Chekov helped rescue Sulu from Beta Promethean captivity and returned his to his ship. He responded with oudachy. (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)
- удачи (udachi or oudachy)
- "Good luck". (TOS novel: The Fearful Summons)
- аллелуйа
- "Halleluja". Chekov made this statement after his successful, emergency beam-up for Kirk and Sulu, from their deadly fall to Vulcan's surface. (TOS movie: Star Trek (film))
- Спутник (Sputnik)
- The name of Earth's first artificial intelligence, it was generally translated into English as "fellow traveller." (TOS novel: Mission to Horatius)
External links[]
- Russian language article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.
- Russian language article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
- Study in Russia Russian Language Courses at Voronezh State University